My Players Are So Fierce

1992: Chapter 665: Ha, Your Divine Artifact Is Great, But It Became Ours a Few Days Ago!

1992 -665: Ha, Your Divine Artifact Is Great, But It Became Ours a Few Days Ago!

The newbies resurrected at precisely midnight on the third day, with over 1400 people logging back into the game and causing chaos at the Blackflame Mountain Pass, which had just quieted down.

This time, however, they had a clear objective upon logging in: first, go to the Quartermaster to exchange for the armor and weapons they needed, ideally acquiring a fine steed, and then quickly evacuate the Blackflame Mountain Pass to return to Wolf Castle or the Maginot Line to continue their construction tasks.

Originally, the newbies had no precise concept of the Black Disaster, only knowing it was terrifying and part of the “monster siege” phase in the story background.

But after personally experiencing the “Battle of Death Plateau,” the newbies finally grasped a bit of the truth and gained a clear understanding of their real strength.

The development team wasn’t exaggerating—until you reach Black Iron, don’t come to the main battlefield to cause trouble.

Facing ordinary Wolf People or Gnolls could be manageable, but the problem is that the opponents don’t play fair and will never duel one-on-one.

Often, a horde of monsters respawn at once, and during the Black Disaster event, the randomly respawning elite entities are terrifyingly numerous.

Occasionally, they’d even randomly throw in a level 30 silver entity to liven things up.

It’s truly frightening!

This is not a place suited for newbies stuck at levels 8-10.

Anyway, they’ve already successfully obtained exceptional honor equipment from one adventure, and the development team has hotfixed the honor value acquisition error “bug,” slashing the honor system’s cost-effectiveness for adventures.

Except for a few hardcore mode enthusiasts, most newbies were happy to take their hard-earned equipment home.

As the newbies completely left the mountain pass, Stick Brother regrouped the previous team, planning to return to the Polluted Swamp to quickly complete the first step of the Wise Wolf epic quest chain while the battlefield was at peace without any ongoing battles.

Stick Brother’s urgency had its reasons.

He personally oversaw the construction at the Maginot Line, naturally bringing into question whether the Blackflame Mountain Pass could be held.

Even though it’s just the game mechanics, if they can’t advance the quest chain to the next step before Hether’s twelve-layer defenses are fully breached, completing it after the Wolf People blockade the entire mountain pass would be difficult.

This legendary quest chain is divided into three parts, and the second part requires these guys to undergo Lord Paryen’s test at the Blood Covenant Clan’s base.

Stick Brother felt time was pressing, and he didn’t want to wait any longer.

The 120 players who received the first part of the quest were quickly assembled together.

They first teleported to Wolf Castle, then rode flying mounts towards the edge of the Swamp Forbidden Area, heading to the Forbidden Guard Tomb.

Along the way, Stick Brother was busy collecting and summarizing the current strength of these “professional players” within the team framework.

“So, the player with the highest potential release bar is still Orchid, right?”

Stick Brother asked within the framework:

“You were at 84% before the version update, and now?”

“91%.”

Orchid answered with some frustration:

“After reaching 80%, it’s particularly hard to improve.

I’ve been constantly battling, and breaking through to 90% was achieved only after the exhausting battle on Death Plateau.

However, after reaching 90%, I obtained the third Ancestor’s Power.

Apart from the strong control Ice Finger and the Frost Armor that provides immunity proportionally while reducing speed, I also gained an Ancestor’s Power called ‘Son of the Wilderness.’

It allows me to transform into ‘Winter Spirit’ for a short time, during which I am completely immune to physical damage, and all my damage turns into elemental damage, causing a wide-area freezing effect.

It’s like having a lifeline and a mini-burst.

I think when I push the potential release to 100%, I might be able to gain a fourth Ancestor’s Power, and if you’re willing to stay in the 100% potential release fighting continuously, you might unlock even more Ancestor’s Power.

But I’ve also asked Count Andrei’s court sword guards, and they told me that the more Ancestor’s Powers you have, the harder it is to fuse your power during the silver trials.

So I decided that as soon as I reach 100% potential release, I’ll immediately begin the silver trials.

Delaying further has no point; I’m not really focused on strength.”

“Hmm, that makes sense.”

Stick Brother nodded and asked others within the framework:

“So, who else currently has unlocked two lines of Ancestor’s Power?

Type a 1 so I can count.”

Then a series of 1s appeared, and the number surprised Stick Brother—out of 120 people, almost 70 had unlocked two lines of Ancestor’s Power!

“Brother Cat, why didn’t you type a 1?

You haven’t reached two lines of Ancestor’s Power yet?”

Ayu, flying in the air, curiously asked.

Brother Cat, riding the heroic mount Skeletal Night Wanderer with four other brothers, shrugged and answered modestly:

“No, I’ve unlocked three, and my potential release bar just reached 90% this morning, but don’t worry, Orchid, I’ll wait for you to complete the silver trials before unlocking, as that’s our agreement.”

“What’s to brag about?

I’m at 89% too.”

Sister Pomegranate, sitting on a Gargoyle right next to Orchid, snorted and said:

“I’m also a vampire, and during the second part of the quest at the Blood Covenant Clan, I can use their Secret Technique to obtain a fixed Ancestor’s Power.

That’s a special privilege for us player vampires, granted by Lord Hether as recognition for our victory in two major battles.